Prospect Talent Score

Probability of Success

History

2010-11: Dwyer Tschantz played for the Philadelphia Junior Flyers U16 team. In 57 games he scored 18 goals with 21 assists and had 63 penalty minutes. The Wilmington, DE native was selected to play in the Liberty Bell Games for top prospects in USA Hockey’s Atlantic District.

2011-12: Tschantz went from the Junior Flyers to southern New Jersey-based Team Comcast; skating for the club’s AAA U18 team. In 52 games he scored 29 goals with 25 assists and 49 penalty minutes. Tschantz was selected by Omaha in the 17th round (252nd overall) in the 2012 USHL Entry Draft.

2012-13: Tschantz appeared in one USHL game with Indiana, with no points nor penalties, and skated on the top line for the Team Comcast U18 team along with college hockey recruits Eric Robinson (Princeton) and Kevin Neiley (Dartmouth). Tschantz scored 29 goals with 43 assists and 56 penalty minutes in 54 regular season games as Team Comcast dominated the Atlantic District in the regular season. Tschantz had no points and 22 penalty minutes in four playoff games. He was among the players invited to the USA Hockey Select 17 Development Camp.

2013-14: Tschantz was the third-leading scorer for the Clark Cup champion Indiana Ice in his first USHL season behind Penn State University recruit Scott Conway and Brian Pinho (WSH). He scored 24 goals with 20 assists and was plus-31 with 58 penalty minutes in 52 regular season games. In November he committed to playing college hockey at Cornell in 2014-15. The Ice finished first in the Eastern Conference — winning 42 of 60 games — and were 9-3 in the playoffs; defeating Waterloo in the Clark Cup finals. Tschantz skated in eight of 12 playoff games and was plus-2 with 3 assists and 7 penalty minutes. In his second year of draft eligibility he was selected by St. Louis in the seventh round (202nd overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft.

Talent Analysis

Tschantz is is a big player and he has demonstrated some good offensive skill. He should continue to develop his two-way game to utilize the combo of size and skill at both ends of the ice. He is a long-term project but should continue to develop during his college career.

Future

Tschantz is in his first season at Cornell University. One of seven freshmen in on the Big Red roster, he scored a goal in his second game — a 4-0 win over Brown on November 21st — and will continue to compete for ice time in the 2014-15 season. The final player selected by the Blues in the 2014 NHL Draft, Tschantz is a bit raw and will need to continually improve his agility and skating. His size and his demeanor are suited to a power forward game and he should continue to improve in all aspects of the game during his college career at Cornell.

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Photo: St. Louis Blues third-round pick Jake Walman’s three assists against Denver helped his Providence team into the Frozen Four. (courtesy of Richard T. Gagnon/Getty Images)

The St. Louis Blues have never shied away from drafting at the NCAA and European level and continue to find success through the NHL Entry Draft. While some of their college prospects will be making their jump to the pros very soon, the Blues have found a way to replenish their pool of NCAA players for the near future.